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Great watch, but not without shortcomings
After a rather painful and embarrassing mishap with the Emma Boston Terrier - 10x10 Iron On Heat Transfer For White Material I decided to splurge on myself, at christmas. Noticing that the price had dropped on this watch, I figured it was time to purchase...time.
Man, this watch is awesome, does everything it's supposed to do, is dead on accurate, attractive etc.
Really, for the watch itself - 5 stars.
But it's imperfect, in it's perfection.
It's TOO accurate.
So now my phone rings, like... everyday.
Some dude from the International Meridian Conference, in Greenwich, UK.
"What time do YOU have?"
Every freakin' day.
And really early in the morning, too.
I was all "Geezus, do you KNOW what time it is?" the first couple of times they woke me up, until I realized that... they didn't.
"GMT is an absolute time reference" my *ss.
My wrist is apparently the "absolute time reference" now.
Which is a lot of power for one person to wield.
And I AM only human, even when I'm wearing the watch.
I was feeling lazy the other morning, and didn't feel like rushing out of the house, and I confess I abused the power.
So when they called, I told them it was actually 17 minutes, 28 seconds EARLIER than it really was.
Messed things up, but good, for the rest of the planet (sorry!), but i got to finish the paper and have a second cup of coffee, and didn't get docked for being late when I got to the office.
So - totally worth it.
No worries, though. I have a plan. I'll gradually put those 17 minutes and 28 seconds BACK, over a 2 week span of phone calls.
Because my watch says that I CAN.
January 2012 · Clothing Shoes and Jewelry